Archive for April 2022
A History Mystery
Back in January, the Heritage Center staff were asked about an oil painting of the Epiphany that hangs in the Motherhouse Infirmary. This work, showing the three Magi visiting the…
Read MoreLoretto Magazine and Annual Report – Spring 2022
Download Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Fr. Peter Urban CoL Slaveholding in Loretto’s history: Honoring the sacredness of human dignity This past November during Loretto’s annual Assembly, the…
Read MoreLoretto Community members’ passion for education helps Escuela bloom
Susan Swain SL By Marlene Spero SL Susan Swain SL was a gifted teacher and administrator who brought to Escuela years of innovative elementary school teaching. Susan was skilled in…
Read MoreHelping to revive dignity in Juarez
What if we were to do away with misery in Juarez? We think this can be done. The Rev. Peter Urban, a priest of the Denver Archdiocese, Loretto co-member and…
Read MoreThe evolution of a thriving school
Escuela de Guadalupe’s mission is “to support and uplift the global community, our families and our students by offering an education that integrates Spanish and English biliteracy, Catholic values and…
Read MoreLoretto Responds to the Gospel Call for 210 Years: One Journey to Everywhere
Followers of Jesus have responsibilities, and if they are smart they never do them alone. Loretto has been graced by God to become a community on pilgrimage. We have walked…
Read MoreDorothy Day and Loretto
By Kathleen DeSutter Jordan Perhaps the deepest and most inspiring connection between Loretto and the Catholic Worker was the profound respect and deep friendship between Dorothy and Mary Luke. Kathleen…
Read MoreReflection on the Second Sunday of Easter
The readings for today continue our 50-day celebration of Easter. When I taught English in El Paso, Sister Emmanuel Tonne, who was a master teacher, taught me the ingredients…
Read MoreImagine a new future
By JoAnn Gates CoL and Cathy Mueller SL What lens can we find together to imagine and to work our way into a hopeful, peaceful future? Elaine Prevallet SL Sister…
Read MoreSlaveholding in Loretto’s history: Honoring the sacredness of human dignity
We gathered in our home church to see and hear with our hearts a tragic reality about our homeplace, that these grounds have been a place of wounding for many…
Read MoreEscuela de Guadalupe: Looking toward a bright future
By the time the children reach fourth grade, they are bilingual, and by the time they reach sixth grade, they are fully biliterate. When I think of Escuela de Guadalupe,…
Read MoreHumility: A virtue for all and for all seasons
At school in Pakistan children learn lessons in kindness and generosity ‘Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.’ Colossians…
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